Pine vs. Cypress — What's the Difference?

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus () of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.

Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word cypress is derived from Old French cipres, which was imported from Latin cypressus, the latinisation of the Greek κυπάρισσος (kyparissos).Species that are commonly known as cypresses include: Most prominently: Cypress (multiple species within the genus Cupressus)Otherwise: The family Cupressaceae also contains 13–16 other genera (not listed above) that do not bear cypress in their common names.

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

An evergreen coniferous tree with small rounded woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves.

A pineapple.

Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Cupressus, native to Eurasia and North America and having opposite, scalelike leaves and globose woody cones.

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart

Any of several similar or related coniferous trees, such as the bald cypress.

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.

The wood of any of these trees.

Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.

Cypress branches used as a symbol of mourning.

The wood of any of these trees.

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

Intense longing or grief.

A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.

Wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

To wither or waste away from longing or grief

Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

To grieve or mourn for.

Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

A pineapple.

(archaic) A painful longing.

(intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.

(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.

(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

Woe; torment; pain.

Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

The wood of the pine tree.

A pineapple.

To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

To grieve or mourn for.

To suffer; to be afflicted.

To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; - often used with away.

To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; - usually followed by for.

A coniferous tree

Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present;